True friendships are a wonderful thing to have during the best times and especially the worst times. There is an old saying which says if you are friends with a person for more than seven years ...

Let's toast to all the happy couples with some words of kindness and a great Irish wedding blessing! Wise old words from Ireland abound, and Irish blessings and sayings for weddings are no exception.

A book of poetry which speaks about “familiar human experiences” has launched in Red Books in Wexford town. Written by Philip Quirke, the poems in Taking Stock reflect upon aspects of his personal ...

Michael Longley is a master of his craft, known for his compact, meditative lyrics that explore themes of love, violence, ...

Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 NCW Illustrated Poem Contest! As part of NCW 2023 , students from grades K-12 were invited to share their interpretation of this year's theme, "The Healing ...

An acrostic is a poem in which the first letters of each line spell out a word or phrase. We'd like you to use light as the basis of your acrostic poem. Here's an example to get you going ...

When reading poetry a reader will interpret what it means to them. Everyone's response is different. What is imagery? Learn about how writers use imagery, the impact of imagery and how it appeals ...

This year the lectures will explore the theme of ‘home’ in the work of local writers from the English, Irish and Ulster-Scots ...

befitting the wing-flap of the skylark. John Liddy’s most recent publications are Arias of Consolation (2021/22); Slipstreaming in the West of Ireland (with Jim Burke, Revival Press 2024) and a ...

It could be a bumpy ride! The complaint follows suggestions on a recent edition of 'Real Time With Bill Maher' that the right ...